title: Suicide and homicide away from home.
abstract: In 1980, suicides in the United States that occurred outside the victim's home state were most often committed by young single or divorced men. Hanging was the most common means of suicide. Homicide victims who were killed outside their home state were usually male, black, divorced, young, and killed by unusual (other) means or by law-enforcement officers.
authors.affiliation: Stockton State College, Pomera, NJ 08240.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States